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In the Footsteps of the Flock

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Parsha Pearls

1. Bereishis 5767
   So What If the Nations Call Us Robbers?
2. Bereishis 5769
   The Satanic Redemption
3. Noach 5766
   When the Righteous Fail to Rebuke
4. Noach 5767
   G-d Speaks to Us Through Current Events
5. Noach 5768
   Accepting the Decree of the King
6. Noach 5769
   Not For Us to Avenge
7. Lech Lecha 5766
   Lot: The First Zionist
8. Lech Lecha 5768
   We Have No Other Desire But You
9. Lech Lecha 5769
   Efes Biltecha Goaleinu
10. Vayeira 5766
    There Were No Protests in Sodom
11. Vayeira 5768
    Faith Despite Our Many Questions
12. Vayeira 5769
    Obedience, Not Logic
13. Chayei Sarah 5766
    Taking Money From the Wicked
14. Chayei Sarah 5768
    Did the Land Belong to Avraham?
15. Chayei Sarah 5769
    When the Unholy Has a Holy Name
16. Toldos 5766
    Living Under the Zionist State
17. Toldos 5768
    The Worst Zionists are the Religious Zionists
18. Toldos 5769
    Yitzchok Loved Esav
19. Vayeitzei 5766
    Not Letting the Wicked Build Us
20. Vayeitzei 5768
    There are Some Things We Don't Even Joke About
21. Vayishlach 5766
    Never Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
22. Vayishlach 5768
    The Satan Calls Himself "Israel"
23. Vayishlach 5769
    Another Reason for the Diaspora
24. Vayeishev 5766
    A Sin for the Sake of Heaven
25. Vayeishev 5768
    Who Will Support My Children?
26. Chanukah 5769
    The Dangers of Blind Faith
27. Mikeitz 5766
    Light the Menorah, Don't Fight a War
28. Chanukah 5768
    Don't Be a Closet Anti-Zionist
29. Mikeitz 5769
    Moshiach Ben Yosef
30. Vayigash 5766
    The Holy Tongue or Modern Hebrew?
31. Vayigash 5768
    Don't Straddle Both Sides of the Fence
32. Vayechi 5766
    The Zionists Are Nourished From the Yeshivos
33. Vayechi 5768
    Jews Have No Authority During Exile
34. Vayechi 5769
    Let Us Gather Together
35. Shemos 5766
    The Meaning of Vayoel Moshe
36. Shemos 5768
    Exile Means Subservience to G-d
37. Shemos 5769
    The Wicked Son
38. Vaeira 5766
    Why Did the Fish Have to Suffer?
39. Vaeira 5768
    The Lesson of the Hamotzi Blessing
40. Va'eira 5769
    Don't Antagonize the Nations in Exile
41. Bo 5766
    Natruna Means Waiting Patiently
42. Bo 5768
    Don't Come In Unless You're Invited
43. Bo 5769
44. Beshalach 5766
    The Zionist Leaders are Amalek
45. Beshalach 5768
    Religious MKs Lend Legimitacy to the Government
46. Beshalach 5769
    Judaism Versus Idolatry
47. Yisro 5766
    One Must Have a Rebbe
48. Yisro 5768
    Don't Be a Blind Follower
49. Yisro 5769
    The Danger of Heretical Thoughts
50. Mishpatim 5766
    It's Our Vote that Counts in Heaven!
51. Mishpatim 5768
    The Insane Call the Sane Insane
52. Mishpatim 5769
    The Meaning of the Sapphire Brick
53. Terumah 5766
    I Am the Real King Solomon!
54. Terumah 5768
    Building the Temple Without Moshiach
55. Tetzaveh 5768
    Fighting a Defensive War
56. Ki Sisa 5766
    For Whom Were the Tablets Brought Down?
57. Ki Sisa 5768
    Take Off Your Crowns!
58. Vayakhel/Pekudei 5766
    Every Jew Must Fight Heretics
59. Vayakhel 5768
    The Zionists Are Like Titus in the Temple
60. Vayakhel 5769
    Building the Temple Before Moshiach
61. Pekudei 5768
    A Wake-up Call to Separate from the Wicked
62. Purim 5766
    Be Killed Rather Than Violate the Oaths
63. Purim 5768
    They Can't Admit Eretz Yisroel is a Dangerous Place
64. Purim 5769
    He Who Creates Danger and Then Saves You From It
65. Vayikra 5766
    A Jewish Heretic is Worse Than a Gentile
66. Vayikra 5768
    A Torah Scholar Must be Perceptive
67. Tzav / Pesach 5766
    Eretz Yisroel is a Dangerous Place
68. Pesach 5766
    Brisker Rav and Chazon Ish on the Oaths
69. Shmini / Parah 5768
    Why the Sages Encouraged Buying Land in Eretz Yisroel
70. Pesach 5768
    When Excessive Prayer Becomes Permitted
71. Tazria/Sefiras Haomer 5766
    Our Sages' Attitude to Ben Koziva
72. Sefiras Haomer 5768
    What War Will Moshiach Fight?
73. Tazria 5768
    Why is Eliyahu Called the Angel of the Bris?
74. Acharei Mos/Kedoshim 5766
    When Lashon Hara is a Good Thing
75. Acharei Mos 5768
    G-d Wishes They Could Stay, But...
76. Kedoshim 5768
    Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Condemned the Wicked
77. Emor 5766
    Why the Chofetz Chaim Stressed Kodashim
78. Emor 5769
    Chillul Hashem or Kiddush Hashem
79. Behar / Bechukosai 5766
    Giving Up the State Saves Lives
80. Behar 5768
    Can Living in the Zionist State Be Considered Exile?
81. Bechukosai 5768
    The Sin of Questioning the Need for Exile
82. Behar/Bechukosai 5769
    The Desolate Land
83. Bamidbar 5766
    G-d Filters Out the Wicked
84. Bamidbar 5768
    Peaceful Efforts Toward Redemption
85. Bamidbar 5769
    When Silence is a Sin
86. Shavuos 5766
    The Severity of an Oath
87. Shavuos 5769
    The Danger of the Zionist Language
88. Naso 5766
    Are the Oaths Interdependent?
89. Naso 5768
    Who Said the Oaths are Interdependent?
90. Naso 5769
    Zionism and Sabbateanism
91. Behaaloscha 5766
    The Exile of Yishmael
92. Behaaloscha 5768
    Don't Ask For Unnecessary Miracles
93. Behaaloscha 5769
    Why Couldn't Moshe Make the Menorah?
94. Shlach 5766
    The Zionists' Success Was Predicted
95. Shlach 5768
    Zionism: Fact or Opinion?
96. Shlach 5769
    Hashem Does Not Desire Our Wars
97. Korach 5766
    Not Just Anyone Can Interpret the Torah
98. Korach 5768
    When the Wicked Do Mitzvos
99. Korach 5769
    No Peace for the Wicked
100. Chukas/Balak 5766
     Not Praying Too Much
101. Chukas 5768
     Do Not Fight With the Nations
102. Balak 5768
     Natural, But Only With Moshiach
103. Chukas/Balak 5769
     What Pinchas Foresaw
104. Pinchas 5766
     But Chassidim Daven Late!
105. Pinchas 5768
     The Zealot Saves Everyone
106. Matos/Masei 5766
     The Ramban Does Not Advocate Conquest
107. Matos 5768
     Is it a mitzvah or a sin?
108. Masei 5768
     Only with a Prophetic Command
109. Devarim 5766
     What Should We Pray During a War?
110. Devarim 5768
     Mass Immigration
111. Vaeschanan 5766
     The Right Way to Consult a Rabbi
112. Vaeschanan 5768
     Don't Break in Like a Burglar!
113. Eikev 5766
     G-d Does Not Accept Bribes
114. Eikev 5768
     Sleeping in Exile
115. Re'eh 5766
     The False Prophet's Miracle
116. Shoftim 5766
     The Difference Between Achav and Herod
117. Shoftim 5767
     We Don't Want an Announced Redemption
118. Ki Seitzei 5766
     Staying Far from Danger
119. Ki Seitzei 5767
     Pleasure from a Heretic's Torah
120. Ki Savo 5766
     We Accepted the Three Oaths at Sinai
121. Ki Savo 5767
     We Will Not Be Redeemed by Humans
122. Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5766
     Not Like the Redemption Under Cyrus
123. Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5767
     G-d Favors the Underdog
124. Rosh Hashanah 5767
     No Redemption Without Repentance
125. Rosh Hashanah 5768
     Avraham - Not Iyov - Gave Honor to G-d
126. Haazinu 5767
     Zionism is Idolatry
127. Yom Kippur 5768
     Why Hungarian Rabbis Didn't Join Agudah
128. Succos / Vezos Habracha 5767
     Loyalty to the Government
129. Succos 5768
     Israel Will Never Again Arise On Her Own